collapse and rising unemployment, this paper stresses that the impact of the crisis is rather diverse, reflecting differences …

potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment …

active labor market policy, are only partly reported as unemployment. A review of the evidence on the effectiveness of labor … have alleviated social burdens from unemployment. Discussing what causes the high unemployment in the east, we claim that … effects of wage policy have been overrated. Differences in unemployment rates are also the result of more ample labor supply …

job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation …

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … relatively low labor force participation of women. This created a situation where labor market reforms were unavoidable. The …